Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm assuming that the numbers the Minister read out earlier had to do with the restriction on the amount of time after the relationship ends, for people to seek support. I would like to know why two years was selected by this jurisdiction. As far as I know, some jurisdictions -- as the Minister has stated -- are as short as three months. And, I'm not sure he mentioned Saskatchewan, but I understand Saskatchewan has no time limit at all, so a person in a relationship there has no limitation on when they might seek support afterwards.

So, I guess my question is what is the rationale for two years in our jurisdiction? Is it just because Ontario happened to do it? I notice Ontario is the only jurisdiction that chose two years and so the question is, why did we follow along with them and not look at another province like, for instance, Saskatchewan?